Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), June 29, 1976, p. 1

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lis iiWMiMdF Tt Jlt 3 Home Newspaper of Hills Trustees sign new contract with teachers- but dont like it Neither of Hills two trustees in the Board of education like the agreement the board has singed with its secondary school tochers but both conceded that In i little but The a car teachers a 3 overall increase which when combined with increments gives elementary teachers a total of 10 1 percent Increase in wages and secondary school teachers a 10 percent increase The negotiators for both the board and the teachers federations involved the Federation of Women Teachers Association the Ontario Public School Men Teachers Federation and the Ontario Secondary School Teachers taken the stand that the actual wage increases percent fall well within Anti Inflation Board guidelines Ine agreement unanimously supported by the teachers negotiating committee was to have been presented to the secondary school teachers yesterday and lo the elementary teachers Monday Ratification was expected tte were shafted bluntly commented Hills Ward One and Two trustee Tom Watson To retain control over management rights in the collective agreement with the teachers the first collective agreement negotiated the terms of Bill 100 Law son sold tht board was forced to sign the Then a thing we could do about the contract he complained during a break in meeting Although he voted in favour of the terms of the agreement Watson said hi had little choice Trustee representative of Wards and 4 was equally about the new contract He commented that to force the issue over a one and one half percent difference between the demands of the teacher and the position of the board would likely have ted to a strike which he idded would prove little The terms of the new contract increase the starting salary for a new elementary leather from Ml Top salary of an elementary teacher has been mined from to Starting wages for a new secondary school in Hilton has Jumped from to Top salary range or secondary school teachers will now be New items contained Ihe agreements are articles dealing with management rights branch affiliate levy federation leave and strike by other board employees If not site A or F what then Three hour debate on garbage dump site If Region council does not endorse site in the a ine- Britannia Roads area or the site of landfill site the region s works committee is threatening to ask the province to turn over the rcspon sibility of garbage disposal to Lath municipality in of the region works com issued the warning at the peak of three hours of hot debate and light comedy At stake was whether or not further work was to proceed on site F Over area residents me Britannia are were on hand for the afternoon discussion on a proposal from the works committee that investigative drilling take place on the acres in the Britannia Tromainc area designated by M Dillon Ltd as a prime location for the garbage By a slim 12 1 1 vote regional councillors voted proposal down While they ve won a temporary reprivc the TremaineBritannia residents could not gain what they really wanted final assurance from council that their area would not be used as the disposal area for the region garbage Frequently during discussion the suggestion that council once for all decide whether or they would put the dump on site F was but just is frequently It was avoided Council Instead favoured awaiting the results investigations mat are going on at site A the Burlington garbage dump as to whether or not that site can be developed to be used to handle all garbage when the few remaining dumps closed over the next 17 months warned council that the likelihood that site A could be used was slim because of both geological and financial reasons If A becomes deficient said and F is climated we will have no alter natives What will you do then He also told council that the works committee will no longer attempt make decisions on the future dump site that will become regional council a decision to make he said All future information that will be coming from the region a consultants will he made directly to regional council which will then have to decide which actions to make Hi Dillon were strongly attacked by Burlington councillor Mary and Mayor Harry Barrett Calling it circus investigation Councillor inticized the for the many questions it still has not an Shi claimed tint the thousands of dollars spent on thi report re wasted Birrdt the choke of site throats I don know who behind it and I don t know It hut 1 m getting a little fed up with it He asked the works com to make sure that were receiving a subjective report Milton councillors of led the opposition to offered the support for site A Commented Councillor If this mountain of gar is put up it will be a monument to this regional council folly lake tig step forward in growing problem garbage disposal by looking nevoid just garbage to finding alternative mithods of waste disposal cutting down on refuse at its source On the vole about immediate drilling on site I Hills councillors made a split with Councillor Pal lorn Hill voting in favour and Councillors Sykes and flic Morrow voting it The surprising aspect was that Councillor a member of the works committee voted against the committee rceom Hi told council thai it would be completely wrong to lake any prime agricultural land out of production to accomodate the problem using the we have no until technology catches up with us and we have a feasible system of disposing of our garbage in the 12 11 vote his single vote proved lo be a key one Councillor Dick the second Hills on the works was not at the meeting Love on lit- COM ST held mutational category while Brian Stroud in conjunction with Pioneer Days last week slurped his way lo a runners up position in Hit on Georgetown Main Street sawsomevery boys under The contest was of threescoop banana sponsored Ken re Dury Bar aphis Police Safety Officer Keith Dairy and the Woods ate his wav to second place in the Ice cream king by Kill Jo Nothing personal but 1 would hate to ill across the dining room tiblc from dins Milne Having seen his attack on a three scoop banana split on i face to face basis I car only cringe at the thought of contest competing against a field that included Police Officer Keith Woods he finished town councillor Hit Morrow thanks to some assistance from his daughter CHIC he would do with roast Cindy fourth beef peas and potatoes Chris is grind champion lei cairn eater in Ihi flrsl ever Old Time Cream hating Contest sponsored by Dairy Bar Dairy and the Hills Herald He earned the title by slurping down his banana In seconds in the invitational portion of ihe contest Equal to the time of Sam llolmis the under mens 18 years and over champion Chris then had to gobble down an Ice cream cone in 14 seconds Just to make sure everyone knew he was the Ice cream king Chris represented the downtown merchants Credit Volley Conser Authority rep Janet Coleman fifth and the Herald fine representative myself burp sixth The other lalcgorj winners wire and under Corbett J girls 10 IL IB Itobcrto Burke 1 1 I Kay is well is lo bred of Dairj in Erin the of all that good ice Abo thanks to Russell Hunt of the North Association or the Mentally Retarded the recipients of the proceeds from the event and lo Ralph president of the Dow III en in Thin re In Ij prize donutors iluding Milne I I I i 1 10 to 18 Jeff 42 seconds men over IB Sam Holmes seconds Now our first ice easting ionics Is i an due to ilgir niilu I rlwi 1 I it liast i hanks II judws helpers who donated time Bill mown II I Itinolinn eating mind behind the jrojei J the Bruce Trail Public health nurses get nowhere on talks Tin his been a Inventor hikers for ilmist tin 1 is also bun But SCHOOLS OUT and to mark the occasion Tuesday Danny King of Holy youngsters shaped a school book and a Kenny Stanley 10 of Joseph Gibbons Kurt gun out of grass From left to right are Eddy Scqucns of Joseph Gibbons and Carol Stanley of Joseph Gibbons School who King 11 of Holy Cross eighth birthday todav St celebrates his July the will Ik Hi selling for i ilng iirumiiv Wh linn s Kiilll wilk n us il will Ik Brun il Kiln and in numbers tin liruu si the most nnlur sitting for m what Idle 111 tin It was their love of the outdoors that led to their first meeting up in Algonquin Park Katie and crossed nils on Sierra m lhit park Invi I em luklng ind r the if thL my there prim mini dubbed le Hiding rockj lid after 1 Nuthtr nor Dennis will reveal re tiny redoing in I thiy llruii Trill i In the midst of last week s lockout Board Health numbers negotiated with local health nurses for first since No Nothing happened said Tuck for Ihi I Number One Georgetown bargaining Although no consensus was reached alter five and i half hours of discussion at the Inn Burlington last board admlmstnlor Dennis imm fell the meeting was wirthwlnli We reestablished a he explained andconstruitivcl ixanunedand considered our differences and compromised our respective positions Bringing he li into the a mplisbmeiils he arum the ird of Health was represented by Chamberlain Heed and Coons Major Tom Hill was unable to wire is I Tuik Betty Mireer Pat Harrison and rep Moore These bargaining teams will meet again within 10 days estimated to negotiate on the issues of compulsory arbitration and budget Mondiy haw the public health unit nurses to work without contract Loco police hove best solve rote in Halton Halton Regional headquarters In Georgetown and serving Halton Hills and urban Milton have a higher solve rate for crimes committed than the regional average for May According to figures released last week by the Police Commission and by Floyd Sch wan tz Superintendent In command of District One headquarters the region s solve rate Is percent and the town solve rate Is percent Included in the region crime statistics are thefts which Georgetown Glenn Magnuson chairman of the police com told his fellow had him concerned I particularly concerned with the number of thefts under Mid adding that thefts accounted II for over percent of cases for May There were 1 actual cases in by regional police in May of which were for theft under Other theft related cases including robbery theft over having stolen goods break and enter and car stealing bring the total theft related incidents to Magnuson called upon Chief Ken to report on crime in the first six month of this year as compared to the similar period In 1075 Superintendent Floyd of District One headquarters in releasing the figures for Hills and urban Milton also commented on some of the highlights of the May crime stalls tics He said there were actual casts related to theft but not Including break and enter The solve rale for these crimes was percent which though not as high as the average total solve rate is still a good solve rale nationally Superintendent Schwantz If property owners marked their valuable goods bo that they could later be Identified a higher solve rate for theft could be achieved the super I In ten dent added a tot of cases of theft Involved Juveniles who hove no records no finger prints on file and whose crime activities leave few clues to go on the superintendent Another way crime can be fought locking you when you leave During May police discovered on an average two unlocked business or commercial enterprises each night of the month There were 11 businesses broken into three residences and four in in Ma A truck motorcycle and four were stolen noted Take those keys out of the car and lock It he said There were 31 bicycles stolen coses of theft COO 10 fraudulent cheques and one fraudulent credit card during the month In theft crimes In drug related offences during May cases were reported and seven persons were charged for a clearance rate of percent Schwantz said percent is because police find the persons committing the offence r oilier than having the public report and cause such offences be in v rail gated In the month there offences found and charges laid Schwantz said He noted too that persons mostly juveniles were reported missing in May and that that this was a consistent pattern winter spent Indoors with parents springtime causes a wanderlust In our yodtn said The youths are like young colts kicking Details of the missing persons are filed Canadian Police Information Centre In Ottawa said Another complaint which surfaces in the spring the superintendent said concerns animals He noted that in May there complaints about animals only four of which were for livesloek on road The majority of the balance were for dogs barking after being released from Winter spent indoors he said After awhile the complaints taper off People seem to get used to It he said Wilful damage to private and public property accounted for cases Three charges were laid against of tensive wen pons which firearm Schwantz noted A total of motor vehicle accidents In May resulted in one fatality personal Injuries and others injured as well as one bicyclist Damages in of the collisions were more than There were cases of hit and run on the roads In District One noted Pollie charged villi driving si lie Impaired In May Police Investigated a total of in in May of which 1 were founded Superintendent said

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